Dress or skirt holder



622 027. Patented Mar. 28 I899. No A URTEL DRESS 0R SKIRT HOLDER.

Ap lication filed Aug. 15, 1898.)

(No Model.)

Inventor Attorneys.

\v .3 Wm A\\\ Witnesses HQ, WASHINGTON u c lJ'Nirnn AUGUST URTEL, OFBUFFALO, NEW YORK.

DRESS OR SKIRT HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 622,027, dated March28, 1899.

Application filed August 15,1898. Serial No. 688,646. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, AUGUST U'RTEL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bufialo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Dress or Skirt Holders;and I do hereby declare that the following description of my said invention,taken in connection with the accompanying sheet of drawings,forms a full, clear, and exact specification, which will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention has general reference to dress and skirt holders; and itconsists,essentially, in the novel and peculiar combination of parts anddetails of construction, as hereinafter first fully set forth anddescribed, and then pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings already referred to, which serve to illustrate my saidinvention more fully, Figure 1 is a perspective view of one of theskirt-holders and its fastening. Fig. 2 is a sectional plan inperspective of the fastener as attached to a skirt. Fig. 3 is a frontelevation of a portion of the holder. Fig. at is a rear elevation of thesame. perspective view of the fastener, showing its plate in positionfor removal from and attachment to the wire frame. Fig. 6 is a sectionalplan in line a: of Fig. 1, and Fig. 7 is a perspective view of amodified form of fastener.

Like parts are designated by corresponding letters and figures ofreference in all the various views.

The object of this invention is the production of an efficient andserviceable device for preventinga ladys dress or skirt from flying upbeyond a certain predetermined limit, especially when a lady is mountedupon a bicycle, and which will not hinder her in walking or otherwiseinterfere with proper locomotion. To attain this result,l construct thisskirt and dress holder, a pair of which are to be worn upon the personto be protected, substantially of an elastic band A, which is providedwith a suitable buckle B for attachment to and removal from the wearerslimb and which may be ornamentally provided with a bow G. This elasticband A is provided with two eyelets D D, passed through the band andthrough a reinforcing-strip E, of leather or other suit- Fig.5is a ablematerial, which latter reinforce will prevent the eyelets from tearingthrough the elastic band A. Through these eyelets D D is passed a cordor braid F, the ends of which are sewed to the inner side of the band,as shown at F, Fig. 4, there being placed upon this cord or braid a ringG, of suitable metal, to prevent abrasion of the said cord.

To the inner side of the dress or skirt is secured a fastener H,consisting of a plate H, having perforations '00, through which it issewed to the skirt I, and two other larger perforations h 71 throughwhich is passed a wire frame consisting of a spring-wire rod havingright-angled bends 1 and 2, one of which terminates in a hook it and theother on a blunt bar 3, there being a coil h in said bar to render thesame more flexible, so that the bar- 3 may be snapped into the hook hafter the ring G has been placed upon the same, whereby the skirt ordress is securely made blunt at its extremity to prevent injury to thelimb of the person wearing the skirtholder and also prevent its engagingor catching in the dress or skirt.

The fastener-frame is best made from springwire in either brass, steel,or other suitable metal, and to enable its manufacture being carried oncheaply it is produced independently of the plate H, which may beseparately stamped out or punched, and then placed upon the wire frameby first entering the hook 71. through the perforation h and moving theplate along the frame until it has passed the bend 2, after which thehook h is passed through the perforation, h, as shown in Fig. 5, and theplate I-I moved along until it reaches its normal position. (Shown inFig. 1.) After the plate H is sewed to the skirt the frame of thefastener is retained in position by the stitches h, Fig. 6, along bothedges of the said plate H.

I prefer the fastener described as being the most reliable one, itsecurely holding the ring of the cord F; but other fasteners may be empassed through the eyelets and having its ends sewed to the elastic bandon its inner' side, a ring on said. cord, and a suitable fastenersecured to the inner side of the skirt and adapted to removably engagethe ring, as and for the object set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have hereuntoset my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

AUGUST URTEL.

Attest:

MICHAEL J. STARK, JULIAN STARK.

